MANAGEMENT TEAM ... Peter Beardsley, John Carver and Steve Stone before the game against Burnley.

Miles Starforth

Published:08:00Friday 02 January 2015

ALAN Pardew was set to finally start work at Crystal Palace today – but without Andy Woodman.

Outgoing Newcastle United manager Pardew wants to take goalkeeping coach Woodman with him to Selhurst Park.

But Woodman remains at St James’s Park, where his 17-year-old son Freddie is a goalkeeper.

Newcastle are keen to keep Woodman – who worked with Pardew at West Ham United and Charlton Athletic – on Tyneside, and he prepared goalkeeper Jak Alnwick for yesterday’s 3-3 home draw against Burnley.

And Woodman’s situation has been one of the sticking points in talks over Pardew’s return to Palace, as United, already banking upwards of £2m in compensation, will want a further payment should Woodman follow him to Selhurst Park.